as in servant
a person hired to perform household or personal services
we sent the lackey out to get doughnuts for the office
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Recent Examples of lackey
While Israel and its lackeys in Washington, D.C. blame Hamas for the breakdown, the opposite is true.
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Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 21 Mar. 2025
But framing Paul American as a retrospection on labor, with the boys and their family and their lackeys gassing them up over and over, just isn’t that interesting.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 28 Mar. 2025
The current cast is rounded out by Alison Brie, who will play another Skeletor lackey, Evil-Lyn, Idris Elba, who will play the noble Man-at-Arms, and Riverdale's Camila Mendes as Teela, Man-at-Arms's daughter and He-Man's right-hand woman.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 21 Dec. 2024
There’s fat chance of that when political lackeys and incompetent appointees are elevated to high positions.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 26 Oct. 2024
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Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 21 Mar. 2025
But framing Paul American as a retrospection on labor, with the boys and their family and their lackeys gassing them up over and over, just isn’t that interesting.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 28 Mar. 2025
The current cast is rounded out by Alison Brie, who will play another Skeletor lackey, Evil-Lyn, Idris Elba, who will play the noble Man-at-Arms, and Riverdale's Camila Mendes as Teela, Man-at-Arms's daughter and He-Man's right-hand woman.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 21 Dec. 2024
There’s fat chance of that when political lackeys and incompetent appointees are elevated to high positions.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 26 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lackey
servant
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Only one of the assailants, a servant named Hugh Colne, was charged in the case and imprisoned at Newgate in 1342.—
Mindy Weisberger,
CNN Money,
13 June 2025
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Inside, the mansion’s sprawling basement kitchen, once staffed by dozens of servants, cleverly doubles as the Russells’ New York kitchen.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
10 June 2025
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“Lackey.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lackey. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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